Sökning: "Theory of Suffering"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 81 avhandlingar innehållade orden Theory of Suffering.
1. Das seufzende Schwein : Zur Theorie und Praxis in deutschen Modellen zur Tierethik
Sammanfattning : In this study five German models of animal ethics are analysed. Three theological and two philosophical models representing anthropocentric, sentientistic, biocentric and ecocentric perspectives are presented. LÄS MER
2. Unfit to live among others : Essays on the ethics of imprisonment
Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an ethical analysis of imprisonment as a mode of punishment. Consisting in an introduction and four papers the thesis addresses several important questions concerning imprisonment from a number of different perspectives and theoretical starting points. LÄS MER
3. From Antagonism to Alienation : Redirecting Radical Democracy
Sammanfattning : How can democratic theory address contemporary problems of alienation? Today, alienation manifests itself primarily in processes of precarization and deprofessionalization. When the subject’s work security or professional autonomy is undermined, her relations – not only to others, but also to herself – can become inhibited. LÄS MER
4. The Use of Hope : Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency
Sammanfattning : Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt processes of radicalisation and, on the other hand, to prepare the subject of security to cope with permanent insecurity. LÄS MER
5. Skydda och frigöra : en studie av föräldrar till barn med astma och av professionella vårdare
Sammanfattning : Aim: The overall aim of this thesis is, from the point of view of parents of a child with asthma, to describe meanings of being a parent, parents’ quality of life, and to describe how family relations are influenced by their child’s disease. The aim is also to increase the understanding of what strategies professional caregivers use in their work with teenagers suffering from asthma. LÄS MER